WoW: Shadow priests get a funny buff, can speak German again

An almost absurd “buff” for shadow priests in World of Warcraft is pending. If you think about it, it’s really important.

Shadow Priests in World of Warcraft have earned some buffs. In the future there will be one that no one expected, as it does not affect damage, mobility or survivability. Instead, it’s more of a communicative buff: Because shadow priests learn to speak a reasonable language again.

Why was that a problem? Having Shadow Priests speak the language of the Old Gods, Shath’Yar, during their Voidform is a cool little touch. Instead of using human-readable words in the Sagen channel, they use the same language used by the Old Gods like N’Zoth, Yogg-Saron or C’Thun.

However, this can also cause problems when players rely on communication. Because: All other classes cannot understand the language of the Old Gods and only read gibberish in the messages from the shadow priest in the sagas channel.

The disadvantaged here are players who are absolutely dependent on communication in the sagas channel. These are guilds that are not in voice chat, for example, or players that simply cannot, for example because they are deaf.

Clear communication is important for these players and the speech bubbles in the Sagen channel in particular can attract a lot of attention and are a helpful communication tool.

How does Blizzard plan to change that? The current plan is for Shadow Priests to return to their normal language during Voidform – either “Orcish” or “Common” – unless they use one of the special racial languages ​​(Darnassian, Goblin, etc.).

If you want, you can restore the functionality and should then be able to use a new glyph. If used, the Priest speaks in Shath’Yar again during Voidform and can once again delight his allies with shouts of “Mg’uulwi N’Zoth, eth’razzqi worg zz oou”.

WoW also had some pretty absurd bugs in the past…

Incidentally, the adjustment is one of the examples brought to Blizzard by the “Community Council”. At the time, many feared that the Community Council would have no influence at all or that suggestions would simply be ignored. However, the upcoming change shows the opposite.

What do you think of this change? A good thing that only benefits all players? Or should this feature have remained mandatory?